The endeavor is as follows:

for the remainder of the summer (weather permitting), I'll spend one hour of the weekend at the edge of the East River (West Channel) on Roosevelt Island, NY facing Manhattan.

I did a trial run last fall. It was successful in a proof-of-principle sense. The amount of information I was able to gather on the Internet about the various vessels I saw was impressive. I became emotionaly attached to several ships in particular: the NY Department of Environmental Protection boats (affectionately known by some as the "honey boat") which transport sewage into the depths of the ocean from various treatment plants. Owl's Head, North River, Newtown Creek.

In this blog, I'll try and examine other topics which may bear circumstantially on the ships that I spot, and thereby encompass as much subject matter as possible.

ahoy